Exercising machine



Feb. 8, 1938. y Y H. J. MARLOWE 2,107,447

EXERCISIN G MACHINE Original Filed July 3, 1934 INVENTOR 57 1 fiaroldkflfaflaw I .2. BY

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, Patented Feb. 8, 19 38 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE' Harold J. Marlowe, New Rochelle, N. Y., asslgnor to Marlowe Products Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application 8 Claims.

My present invention is concerned with exercising machines and has among its objects to provide a simple and rugged device, which serves effectively to exercise those muscles commonly used in bicycle riding, as well as those used in horseback riding and also those used in operating a rowing machine, which device requires no electric motor or other power device and yet affords in the normal operation thereof, alternate periods of physical exertion and relief.

Another object is to provide a device of the above type, by which complicated relative movements of the feet, hands and body of the user are effected in operation, yet without resort to T5 elliptical or circular gearing, or racks or pinions or other like machine elements, that, aside from their cost, are subject, on the one hand, to becoming jammed or, that, on the other hand, require lubrication service.

Another object is to provide a machine of the above type, which admits of ready and convenient separate adjustment for the length 'of' the users legs, for the length of his arms and for his weight.

Another objectis to provide a machine of the above type, which though vigorously operated, will not cause any injury to the floor, rug, or other support, on which it may stand when used in any ordinary room of a dwelling.

Another object is to provide a device of the above type, which while of impressive appear ance may biz-inexpensively produced entirely out of wood, except for a few simple metal elements.

In a specific embodiment, the invention comprises a support frame or base having a seat carrying bar longitudinally thereof, pedal operated means being connected to the bar to give the latter a complicated motion against the resistance of a coil spring adjustable in accordance with the weight of the user. 1

According to another feature, the device has a hand rest bar pivoted to the seat carrying bar, on' which latter the seat is positively slid back and forth during use by link connection to the frame.

In the accompanying drawing in which is shown one of various possible embodiments of the several features of the invention:

Fig. 1 is a view inlongitudinal cross-section through the machine,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view takengn line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a detail view on line 3--3 of Fig.1,

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view on line 4-4 of Fig. 1, and

July 3, 1934, Serial No. 733,546 Renewed May 13, 1937 Fig. 5 is a view in longitudinal section on line 55 of Fig. l. I

Referring now to the drawing, the device include'sa support base or frame including a pair of side wall members, preferably wooden, shown 5 at l0 and ll, rigidly connected by cross piece l2 and cross-block l3. A longitudinal wooden bar extends with small clearance between the two side wall members of the frame, and above the-cross members l2 and I3, said bar cariying a seat I5 thereon to be described presently. Bar I4 is operated from the frame by a pedal device including a pair of ordinary bicycle pedals l6 exposed at opposite walls of the frame and connected by a cross shaft I! mounting a pinion l8, which, in turn, is connected-by a sprocket chain I 9, to a sprocket wheel 20 pivoted on axle 2| between the two walls of the frame. The sprocket pinion and wheel are mounted and have their hearings in a metal support bar 10 secured to the cross-block I 3 of the frame by one or more bolts H. The sprocket wheel has 'a crank arm 22 connected by a crank link 23 to the seat carrying bar II which is cut away as shown to accommodate the wrist pin 24 bearing at its opposite ends 24a in the member ll. A metal plate 13 amxed by screws 14 to the outer side of the frame-piece Ill conceals the sprocket mechanism from view.

The movement of the seat .and its bar is resiliently resisted preferably by means of a powerful coil spring 25 seatedona spring rest 26 rigidly connected by stud 21 having a ball head 28 resting in a corresponding ball socket 29 near the lower end of the frame. The upper end of the spring 25 has 'a rest 30 connected by a pivot pin 3| to a metal block 32 through which extends a threaded shank 33 having a hand wheel 34 rigidly amxed to the forward end thereof, and retained by a nut 35 against longitudinal move-' ment relative to the forward end of the seat carrying bar I. Preferably the forward end of the wooden seat carrying bar has a downwardly extending metal plate 36 rigidly afllxed thereto, through which the forward end of the shank 33 extends and against which nut 35 reacts.

In rotating the hand wheel 34, the block 32 is shifted toward or away from the hand wheel as 'the case may be, for adjustment to the weight 50 of the user. Preferably, the block 32 has an upstanding pin 31 mounting a pointer 38 which indicates the setting of the spring by reading on a scale 39 mounted in a frame 40,.over. the

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3. The combination set forth in claim 2 in which the slide block has a pointer secured thereto and extending above a scale having graduations proportioned to the weight of the user.

4. An exercising machine comprising a base, a bar longitudinally thereof, having a seat slidably mounted thereon, a hand support, a pedal operated member carried by said base, linkage connecting said sliding seat to said base, a spring resisting displacement of said seat carrying bar and a linkage connection from said pedal operated member to said seat bar to move the latter through a complex displacement including a forward and backward, as well as an upward and down component of motion, while the seat slides forward and backward along said moving bar.

. 5. In an exercising machine, the combination of a seat carrying bar, a seat construction having a guide fin extending into a corresponding longitudinal slot of said bar, support rollers across said fin, tracks on said bar for said rollers, said fin comprising two plates, a rod rigid with said seat extending between said two plates and means for releasably clamping said rod in selected position.

6. An exercising machine including a pedal, a

sliding seat having a support therefor, a handle bar, means interlinking said pedal with said seat support and said handle bar to cause said latter elements to move in generally opposed directions under operation of the pedal, and a spring associated with said parts alternately to resist and help the movement in the opposite phases of the supporting the latter above the floor and aflording clearance for the pedal movement, said legs having socket supports and being removable therefrom for mounting therein in reverse position for compactness of the device in shipment.

HAROLD J. 

